Dawning

Done for Carpe Diem Tokubetsudesu #65 combining animals and seasons

a rooster’s call

directed at the moon-
waning dawn

© Adjei Agyei-Baah, January 16, 2016

inspired by the works of:

 

The harvest moon–

rabbits go scampering

across Lake Suwa 

   ~ Buson ~

in from the dark

and out into the dark–

that’s a cat in love 

   ~ Issa ~

First Light

Done for Carpe Diem #888 Hatsuhikari (first light of the sun)

first light…

kissing dewdrops

into rainbows

© Adjei Agyei-Baah, January 4, 2016.

Inspired:

winter morning
first light of the sun … so fragile
reflects in the snow

© Chèvrefeuille

Twilight Sky

Done for Carpe Diem Haiku Writing Techniques #25 The Technique of Narrowing Focus

twilight sky

watching migratory birds

vanishing into dots

© Adjei Agyei-Baah, January 1, 2016.

inspired:

the whole sky
in a wide field of flowers
one tulip

(c) Jane Reichhold

the short night ending--
close to the water's edge
a jellyfish

(c) Yosa Buson

Water Pearl

Done for CarpeDiem Special #187 Georgia's 3rd, a haibun "idyllic spring"

fresh raindrops
on each sunken mushroom
a water pearl

 ©Adjei Agyei-Baah, December 20, 2015.

 inspired by:

 idyllic spring
among the wildflowers
the hunt continues

© G.s.k. ‘14